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Management, for a brief period, was well on its way to becoming a profession. But managershave been retreating from that goal for the past 60 years, and we have an unparalleled wave ofcorporate scandals in recent times to show for it. What is a “profession”? In ordinary parlance, the termrefers to an occupation that requires a high degree of technical skill and competence. A more traditionaldefinition, however, also encompasses mastery of an abstract, systematic body of knowledge, and aprimary orientation toward ethical service to society. It was that comprehensive notion ofprofessionalism that inspired the founders of several of America’s business schools in the early years ofthe twentieth century. They intended not only to standardize the production of managers for thenation’s corporations but also to professionalize the occupation of management itself. If they hadsucceeded, managers might have come to play a role in the business-dominated society of todayanalogous to the role of the clergy in pre-industrial America. For the past several decades, as thenumber of business programs has risen and their curricula have changed, business education has createdunintended consequences. An ethic of pure self-interest, backed by the power of the systematic“science” of knowledge, has replaced the professional ethics that business schools once tried to teach.
12 According to the passage, what quality is NOT included in the comprehensive notion ofprofessionalism?
(A) A high degree of technical skill and competence
(B) Mastery of an abstract systematic body of knowledge
(C) An orientation toward ethical service to society
(D) An ethic of pure self-interest

參考答案

答案：D
難度：適中0.551724
統計：A(3),B(5),C(1),D(16),E(0)

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